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Cold Case Investigation Units and Advances in Investigative Techniques

March 2020

Sergeant Jason Moran of the Cook County (IL) Sheriff’s Office discusses the current situation of cold cases in the United States, why it’s important to establish cold case units, how current tools and technology can help solve cold cases, and what National Institute of Justice resources are available to assist in solving cold cases.

Sergeant Moran was a participant on an NIJ Saturday Session panel at IACP 2019.

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Providing Forensic Healthcare and Support to Native Communities

Event Dates

February 27, 2020, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Open

Robust STR Calling From High-Throughput Sequencing Technologies

NCJ Number

254408

Date Published

February 2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Publication Link

PDF

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Liquid Chromatography-Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry (LC-TOF-MS) as a Replacement Screening Tool in a Full-Service, State Forensic Toxicology Laboratory

NCJ Number

254411

Date Published

June 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Establishing a Rank Order for Skeletal Element Sampling: Examining Differential DNA Yield Rates Among and Between Buried Human Skeletal Elements as Compared to Surface Recovered Skeletal Elements

NCJ Number

254409

Date Published

March 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Development and Validation of Two Innovative Quantitative Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry Methods for Forensic Toxicology Laboratories

NCJ Number

254410

Date Published

December 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Evaluation of High Density SNP Microarrays to Obtain Phenotypic and Ancestry Information From Skeletal Remains

NCJ Number

254407

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Characterization and Classification of Sexual Assault Lubricants using Direct Analysis in Real Time-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

NCJ Number

254402

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soil Evidence: Collection, Contamination, Storage, and Analysis

NCJ Number

254405

Date Published

August 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Shooting Distance Determination: Identifying Variables Affecting Lead Density on a Target

NCJ Number

254403

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Viable, Affordable, and Meaningful Integration of Organic and Inorganic Analysis of Firearms Discharge Residue

NCJ Number

254404

Date Published

June 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

NIJ R&D Portfolio Management and Technology Transition Support: Report Summary

NCJ Number

248700

Date Published

July 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

NIJ and University of Central Florida Fire Research: Identifying Ignitable Liquids in Fire Debris and Providing Error Rates for Purposes of Testifying

NCJ Number

251477

Date Published

November 2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Technical Assistance), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description, Factsheet

Publication Link

PDF | HTML

Notes from the Field: A Multijurisdictional Team Moved Cold Cases to the Front Burner

NCJ Number

254379

Date Published

December 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Publication Link

HTML

Notes from the Field: A Multijurisdictional Team Moved Cold Cases to the Front Burner

Date Published

December 3, 2019

Identifying Law Enforcement Needs for Conducting Criminal Investigations Involving Evidence on the Dark Web

NCJ Number

254364

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Series

NIJ Identifying the Highest Priority Criminal Justice Needs

Publication Link

HTML

Post-Coital DNA Recovery in Minority Proxy Couples

NCJ Number

254366

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Case Deconstruction of Criminal Investigative Failures

NCJ Number

254340

Date Published

January 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Summary), Report (Grant Sponsored), Report (Annual/Periodic), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Evaluation and Optimization of DNA Recovery and Amplification From Bullet Cartridge Cases

NCJ Number

254337

Date Published

March 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Strengthening the Evaluation and Interpretation of Glass Evidence Using Statistical Analysis of Collection Sets and Databases of Refractive Index and Elemental Data

NCJ Number

254339

Date Published

May 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Notes from the Field: Solving Missing Persons Cases in Indian Country

NCJ Number

254381

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Publication Link

HTML

Notes From the Field: Expanding the DNA Database to Solve Cold Cases

NCJ Number

254324

Date Published

November 2019

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Issue Overview

Publication Link

HTML

Police Departments' Adoption of Innovative Practices

NCJ Number

253937

Date Published

October 2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Survey, Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Systematic Analysis of Product Counterfeiting Schemes, Offenders, and Victims in the United States

NCJ Number

253933

Date Published

April 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Evaluation, Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF

Characterization and Comparison of Tape Evidence Using Elemental Profiling Methods and Chemometric Analyses

NCJ Number

253891

Date Published

June 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

Publication Link

PDF